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Emerged from a caterpillar I collected for the Parasetigena silvestris eggs
Made a cocoon over the course of a half hour
Host when collected
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/119368916

Adult wasp emerged
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/132233045#activity_identification_34cb8736-3e99-407e-9bd0-69c066c26ada

I caught the beetle with my net near a wild grape vine at the Jules morin Park in downtown Ottawa at 10 this morning, I measured the beetle it is 1 inch big and was released after at the park. The location that’s shown is where the beetles are found every summer.